Heating system



March M, l950 s. H. MORSE ET AL 2,500,642

HEATING SYSTEM Filed Nov. 9, 1945 INVENTOR. 57H Jury hf Maese [3x/2n Pau. 5i/Ns Arme/ver Patented Mar. 14, 1950 HEATING .SYSTEM Stanley' H. Morse,"Dearliorn, and Eldred Evans, Wayne, Mich.

Application November 9, 1945,=Serial No.;627598 4 Claims.

This invention relates to heating systems, the

lobject being to provide ay new'and improved form of heating apparatus wherein radiators of a steam system or` grilles or registers usuallyk used with a hot air system may be dispensed with thus avoiding' theunsightly appearance o1 such devicesand substituting therefor a baseboard on 'the Wall Ypreferably at the floor line having a conduit parallel therewith through which the heating medium, such as heated'gases, hot watercrair, may ilow from a supply source not here shown.

`These and other obj'ectsand features of the invention are hereinafter more fully described and claimed and a heating system embodying our invention is shown in the accompanyingdrawing in which:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view showing a room having a baseboard formed with a conduit through which steam or hot water heating system is positioned.

Fig. 2 is an elevation showing the portion of the room at the floor line and means for supplying steam or hot water that may be discharged through the piping in the baseboard.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view in section showing\ 25 an end of a baseboard formed to provide a conduit for the heating medium.

Fig. 4 is a similar view showing an alternative form of base.

Heretofore buildings, especially houses, have been heated by hot air furnaces requiring registers in the oor or base of a vertical wall which are unsightly and when used in the floor of a room accumulates considerable dirt and dust which is carried into the room by a ilow of hot air through the register.

The invention as herein disclosed comprises a base element l formed of blocks of any desirable material having a lower straight edge Z engaging the floor surface and at the upper edge is provided with an inturned ange 3 which preferably has a downturned flange 4 as shown in Fig. 3. Also, as shown in said figure, intermediate the upper and lower edges thereof, is provided a conduit 5 on the wall face of the block preferably of such width that its cuter surface occupies the same plane as the outer face of the downturned flange 4. The outer face of the flange 4 and the conduit 5 is spaced from the wall of the room and a sheet of insulating material is provided between the outer face of the ange and the outer face of the conduit 5.

The heating system here shown is of a hot water or steam type showing the furnace element 1 at the base of a building wall 8 having a floor line as indicated at 9 in Figs. 1 and 2.

(cram-*56) 2 The heating system .illustrated-is of steam or hot watertypeandf thepipe. lDfor the hotwater or steam .is connected with the furnace 1 and discharges .through fthe conduit H below the 'Iiioor line which has conduits .2.,..|3,r lftconnected therewith extendingthrough thecohdultl 5 ofthe base element l: andleadto thereturniine l5.con nectedv with the furnace as at l'. {Preferably-.ga sheet of asbestos or other heat .insulating material,indicated at,6,.is lnla'cedon'the wall surface, as shown inFig.v 3,'to .reduce .heatftransfer thereto. Thelpipe i'inthe conduit Eheats .the base member l vv.at'theiloor `ofthe room and,fwhilef1 .have'shown a steamV pipe liinltheconduitl, itis to be'understood thatihea'ted airmay 'be caused to flow through vthe 'lpassageways 5 'without "de- In the form of the invention shown in Fig. 4, the base member is formed of a series of blocks to provide inner and outer walls I6 and I'l and forming a larger duct I1' than that shown at 5 in Fig. 3 which is especially desirable when hot air is used as a heating medium due to the greater amount of surface being directly heated by the air stream.

In either form of the invention shown it is preferable to provide a heat insulating sheet I8 between the walls I'I fand the wall surface engaged thereby. As here shown a lnish molding I9 may be provided ai the bottom edge of the inner wall or may formed integrally therewith as may be desired.' It is further to be understood that the base m'ember l may extend outwardly .into a room asjjA shown or it may be partially or wholly set into the wall to thus conserve room space at the oor line. This position of the duct provided by the.. series of blocks may be above the oor line if desired and particularly in oldstructures the blocks may be placed in contact with the inner face of the room wall as shown in Fig. 3.

A series of blocks are positioned in end to end relation providing a duct through which heated air may be discharged by means of a blower, not here shown= at one end of the duct and an exhaust fan at the remote end, the air being taken from the hot air chamber of a furnace and distributed uniformly about the room and avoiding the use ofv hot air registers which tend to localize the heat at the point of. entrance of the heated air to the room.

In either of the forms of the invention shown and described heat is transferred to the room space uniformly about the entire wall surface and thereby avoiding cold spots in the room.

From the foregoing description it will be realblocks each being provided with a transverse duct nd when positionedingend to end relation proiding a continuous passageway about the room, sheet of insulating 'material on the face ofthe lock in contact with the wall surface, and a pipe lextending about the room in the duct, and means for causing iiow of a heated fluid through the I pipes.

l 2. A room heating system comprising a series of blocks placed in end to end relation at the oor line of the room and each formed to provide a transverse duct, heat insulating means between the inner face of each of the blocks and the wall surface tending to prevent transfer of heat directly thereto, and a conduit for the heating medium in the duct.

3. A room heating system comprising a series i of blocks each having altransverse passageway and when erectedproviding a continuous passageway about the room at the floor line, means for supplying the passageway with heated fluid, com- .l prising a conduit in the passageway through which heated fluid may be passed and a return conduit below the floor line, a source for supply of heated uid to the conduit, and a return duct 4 connected with the end of the rst named duct whereby continuous ow of heated uid through the duct is maintained, and heat insulation means between the duct and the wall surface.

4. A room heating system comprising a series of blocks in end to end relation at the oor line of the room each formed to provide a, transverse duct and when erected forming a continuous passageway about the room at the floor line, a furnace for supplying a heating medium to the duct, a pipe in the passageway connected with the furnace, and a return pipe below the floor line and discharging to the furnace whereby continuous flow of the heating medium in the passageway is provided, and heat insulating means between the duct and the wall surface.

. STANLEY H. MORSE.

ELDRED E. EVANS,

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